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Fast food and sandwich shops in Laramie County, WY

The fast food and sandwich shops in Laramie County, WY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #794 of 2,222 scored counties
#6 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming

Listings
57
53 chain locations (93%)
Official establishments
76
All limited-service restaurants · +13.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$167.3M
On food away from home · $3,866 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.2
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
102,938
+2.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Laramie County comes to about $167.3M a year: $3,866 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Laramie County has 57 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 53 are chain locations, or 93%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 13.2 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Laramie County in 2023, up 13.4% from 2019. That is one for every 569 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Laramie County.

Population estimates put the population change in Laramie County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Laramie County is 59 (upper middle), #794 of 2,222 scored counties and #6 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming.

How Laramie County compares

The same measures for Wyoming and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Laramie County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureLaramie CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.214.513.3
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)569611478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.4%+9.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,866$3,811$4,070
Median household income$80,173$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score5946

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
67 → 76All limited-service restaurants · +13.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,598
Annual payroll, 2023
$34.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5753 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Laramie County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in Laramie County

Population, 2025 estimate
102,938+2.2% since 2020
Households
43,279
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,686 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$80,173+19.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,407
Median home value
$348,700
Jobs located here
48,452
Daytime population
102,392Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Laramie County marked.

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, WY9256.0$6.9M+7.8%#8 of 2,222
2Converse County, WY7758.7$4.4M+0.6%#188 of 2,222
3Teton County, WY661515.3$3.5M−0.2%#514 of 2,222
4Sheridan County, WY661611.6$3.1M+7.2%#526 of 2,222
5Big Horn County, WY64511.2$3M+4.7%#589 of 2,222
6Laramie County, WY595713.2$2.9M+2.2%#794 of 2,222
7Park County, WY552015.0$2.5M+5.1%#964 of 2,222
8Carbon County, WY54813.1$2.8M−3.4%#995 of 2,222
9Campbell County, WY533117.2$2.4M+2.1%#1,043 of 2,222
10Goshen County, WY50611.5$2.9M+1.0%#1,138 of 2,222

Other business types in Laramie County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Laramie County, WY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 fast food and sandwich shops in Laramie County. 53 of them (93%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.4% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Laramie County, WY spend on food away from home?

About $167.3M a year, or $3,866 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,279 households in Laramie County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Laramie County, WY compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Laramie County has 13.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Laramie County would have about 55, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 569 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Laramie County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Laramie County at 102,938 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,279 households. Median household income in Laramie County is $80,173, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.8%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Laramie County scores 59 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #794 of 2,222 scored counties.

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